All roads lead to Johannesburg.
ALAN PATONMoney is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures. Money is to make happy the lives of children.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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Nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him if he gives too much.
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Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom.
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The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
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But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.
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We do not work for men. We work for the land and the people. We do not even work for money.
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I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
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I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating.
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But perhaps when you were too obedient, and did not do openly what others did, and were quiet in church and hard-working at school.
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Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
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It is not permissible for us to go on destroying the family life when we know that we are destroying it.
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For our Lord suffered. And I come to believe that he suffered, not to save us from suffering, but to teach us how to bear suffering. For he knew that there is no life without suffering.
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But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power.
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Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed.
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In the deserted harbour there is yet water that laps against the quays. In the dark and silent forest, there is a leaf that falls.
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